1. The Union Govt has said that more than 140 crore 20 lakh COVID vaccine doses have been provided to States and Union Territories so far. Health Ministry said that over 17 crore 93 lakh unutilized vaccine doses are still available with the States and UTs to be administered.
2. The nation will pay homage to the martyrs today (13 Dec) who sacrificed their lives while defending Parliament House in the terrorist attack on 13th December in 2001. A function to pay floral tributes to the martyrs will be organised today at Parliament House complex.
3. National Helpline against Atrocities on Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes to be launched today. The Social Justice and Empowerment will launch the helpline with an aim to ensure proper implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which was enacted with a view to preventing atrocities on members of SCs and STs. The Helpline will be available round the clock on toll-free number- 14566.
4. As a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a week-long event, “Celebrating Innovation Ecosystem”, to be hosted by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), is proposed to be held in January, 2022. The event will mark the 6th anniversary of the launch of the Startup India initiative.
5. PM Modi inaugurated the Saryu Canal National Project at Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh. The project will facilitate irrigation to over 14 lakh hectares of land in nine districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh benefitting about 29 lakh farmers. He also said,the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna has been extended till Holi next year.
6. India to send manned deep sea mission to find hidden minerals in 2024 ::India has announced to send the country’s first-ever manned deep sea mission under Mission Samudrayan in 2024. “Three scientists will be sent at a depth of five kilometres in the sea to find hidden mineral deposits,” said Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh. Earlier, the preliminary design for the deep sea vehicle MATSYA 6000 was completed.
7. ANDHRA PRADESH : Lance Naik B Sai Teja, who lost his life in a helicopter crash along with CDS General Bipin Rawat and 11 others in Tamil Nadu, was laid to rest in his native village Yeguvaregadi in Chittoor district on Sunday afternoon. Teja’s younger brother Chaitanya, who is also an Army jawan, performed the last rites as hundreds of villagers chanted Jai Jawan and Bharat Mata ki Jai and bid a tearful farewell.
8. GOA : Aam Aadmi Party has said that it won’t form an alliance with TMC for the Goa Assembly polls.
9. KARNATAKA: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra visited the Command Hospital in Bengaluru where IAF Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the IAF chopper crash, is undergoing treatment. Officials had earlier said that the officer’s health is critical but stable. Thirteen other officials in the chopper, including CDS General Bipin Rawat, were killed in the crash on Wednesday.
10. KERALA: Health Minister Veena George on Sunday confirmed the first case of Omicron variant in the state, taking the case tally in India to 38. She detailed that a UK returnee had tested positive for the new variant on his arrival in Kochi. Earlier on Sunday, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh also reported their first respective cases of the Omicron variant.
11. RAJASTHAN : All India Congress Committee organised ‘Mahangai Hatao Maharally’ at Vidyadhar Nagar Stadium in Jaipur in Rajasthan on Sunday. Apart from Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, many senior leaders of the party including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury participated in this rally. Addressing the gathering, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, the rally is on the issue of inflation and unemployment.
12.Sikkim’s: Tourism Board has imposed a ban on single-use plastic, including packaged mineral water bottles, from 2022 to conserve the environment.
UTTAR PRADESH : PM Modi will be on a two-day visit to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from 13 Dec (today) where he will inaugurate Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham. It constructed at a cost of around 339 crore rupees. A total of 23 buildings will be inaugurated in the first phase of the project.
13. UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched the Nishulk Khadyan Vitaran (Free Food Distribution) programme, aiming to provide free food to the state’s poor till Holi next year. The programme has been launched under the National Food Security Act. “The scheme is being implemented in a transparent way,” said CM Adityanath during the programme’s launch.
14. Depositors’ money amounting to 1300 crore rupees stuck for years, returned in last few days, says PM Modi; Addresses programme on Guaranteed Time-bound Deposit Insurance Payment in New Delhi. The Prime Minister remarked that banks play a major role in the prosperity of the country and for the prosperity of the banks, it is equally important for the depositors’ money to be safe.
15. Shaktikanta Das begins his extended 3-year term as RBI Governor. He has become the first RBI Governor to get a second term since PM Narendra Modi-led government came into power in 2014. The reappointment is effective for three years beyond December 10, 2021.
16.Birthday today : Venkatesh Daggubati or Victory Venkatesh or Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has the highest number of Nandi awards for best actor, of which he has won seven.
17. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said, the government is leaving no stone unturned to strengthen the Armed Forces. He said, the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff and Department of Military Affairs are some of the reforms that will cater to the future needs of the Armed Forces. He spoke after inaugurating the Swarnim Vijay Parv at India Gate in Delhi on 13 Dec.
18. The two-day Vijay Parv has been organised to commemorate 50 years of India’s historic victory in the 1971 War and the Indo-Bangladesh friendship.
19. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday paid tributes to Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh who died in the Tamil Nadu chopper crash. The wife and daughters of the officer paid their last respect to him at Brar Square Crematorium in Delhi Cantonment. Indian Army chief General M M Naravane, Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, and other military officers also paid tributes to Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh.
20. The Border Security Force (BSF) is organizing a series of events to mark 50 years of India’s historic victory in the 1971 War leading to the liberation of Bangladesh and the Indo-Bangladesh friendship. A joint cultural programme with Bangladesh was organised by the BSF at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Agartala in Tripura on Sunday.
21. The mobile phone of Joe, who captured a video that apparently showed the IAF helicopter carrying CDS General Bipin Rawat before it crashed in Tamil Nadu, has been sent for forensic analysis. Joe had gone to Katteri with his friends and captured the video ‘out of curiosity’. Police are also probing why the group went to the dense forest region.
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